diff --git a/src/zeronetavahi b/src/zeronetavahi
index eea9ce4b..95b0d5f1 100755
--- a/src/zeronetavahi
+++ b/src/zeronetavahi
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ ZERONET_FORUM_STR="ZeroNet Forum"
 ZERONET_ID_STR="ZeroNet ID Service"
 
 # contains the output of the avahi command
-TEMPFILE_BASE=/tmp/tmpzeronetavahibase.txt
-TEMPFILE=/tmp/tmpzeronetavahi.txt
+TEMPFILE_BASE=$(mktemp /tmp/zeronetavahibase.XXXXXX)
+TEMPFILE=$(mktemp /tmp/zeronetavahi.XXXXXX)
 
 function ipfs_bootstrap {
 	cat $TEMPFILE_BASE | grep "IPFS\|hostname =\|address =\|port =\|txt =" > $TEMPFILE